[ 401 ] 



Case XXVUI. Mary Sherry, aged 40, afflided with violent 

 pain in her bowels, with ficknefs and acidities in the ftomach, 

 took two fcruples of the pulv. rhaei Ang. with fix grains of fal 

 abfinth. in fimple peppermint water; it operated four times that 

 day, with very little ficknefs or pain; had a ftool the next day. 



Case XXIX. Eliz. Pearce, aged 36, afflifled with rheumatick 

 gout, took two fcruples, as before, joined with half a fcruple of 

 fpic. aromatic; it operated three times that day without any com- 

 plaint ; had no ftool for two days after. 



Several patients have been at times afflifted with flight par- 

 gings, and by taking fifteen grains or a fcruple of the pulv. 

 rhaei Anglic, in fimple mint water, with the addition of one 

 drachm of paregorick elixir, or fifteen drops of thebaick tinfture, 

 at bed-time, have been much relieved; fooner with the opiate 

 than without it, the^ being eafy all night, and in general a mo- 

 tion being produced the next day. 



I 



Remarks upon, and Conclufions from the above 

 Experiments. 



[By Dr. Falconer.] 



THE two parcels of rhubarb, No. I. and No. II. ap- 

 pear, from the fpecimens examined, to anfwer in external 

 marks to the charadters of good rhubarb : tliough unfightly 

 on the outfide, their ftruflure, when broken, correfponded 

 with thofe marks which are efteemed to indicate the pcr- 

 feftion of the drug. The writers on the Materia Mcdica 

 fey, that good rhubarb fliould be dr^', firm, and folui, but 

 not flinty or hard; eafily pulverifable, varicga'^cd on the 

 infide with numerous pale red ftrcaks, refembling a nut- 

 meg;* appearing, when powdered, of a bright yellow co- 



• Carthufcr } Lewis Mat. Med. 5 V«jel. Mat. M«dic« 



Vol, UI. D d lou/, 



